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CELEBRATING 72 YEARS
VOL. 61 | September 2020 The official publication of the San Francisco Region of the Sports Car Club Of America
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On the cover: #27 Daniel Swanbeck passes the start/finish line.
5 Re News 8 Sacramento Solo 10 SFR Regionals 13 & 14 26 Notes From The Archives
6 Confessions of a Cone Slayer 8 Latest Upgrade 21 2020 Election Board of 28 Thunderhill Report FEATURES directors 7 Rally Cross 9 Fresno Chapterr
IN EVERY ISSUE 4 Calendar 4 Travel Tech 29 Race Car Rentals 30 The Garage: Classified Ads
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SEPTEMBER 2020 | SFRSCCA.ORG | 3 CALENDAR 2020 Schedule May Change depending on each county's COVID 19 regulations. Please refer to the www.sfrscca.org website for more information 2020 FRESNO CHAPTER SOLO SCHEDULE
Event 12 - TBD Oct*** Event 13 - Nov 14* *Held at Fresno Fairgrounds ***Buttonwillow Kart Track www.FresnoSCCA.com Event 14 - Nov 15* **Crows Landing SAN FRANCISCO REGION'S 2020 SOLO II CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
October 3 - SFR Event OR test and tune November 7-8 - SFR Event Note: All of our currently planned events are immediately as a drone company has at Crows Landing. The rumors are true, Marina obtained a use permit that involves putting a October 4 - SFR Event is effectively closed for autocross effective building up on the tarmac.
2020 SFR/SCCA RACE SCHEDULE AND PRO SUPPORT SCHEDULE
SEPTEMBER 24-27 OCTOBER 30 - NOVEMBER 1 FERRARI CHALLENGE WEATHERTECH RACEWAY IMSA, WEATHERTECH RACEWAY LAGUNA SECA - LAGUNA SECA - UPDATED (PRO SUPPORT) UPDATED (PRO SUPPORT)
OCTOBER 23-25 *Pro Race Support for Volunteers TRIPLE REGIONAL 15, 16 & 17 DOUBLE POINTS 5 Double points for the Triple race weekend Oct. 23-25 MILE*, THUNDERHILL RACEWAY
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4 | SFRSCCA.ORG | SEPTEMBER 2020 RE News BY TIM SULLIVAN Hi Everyone, We are also looking for volunteers for next year. We may have a couple of Chief openings and we will be putting the openings up in What a year! Here we are in September. next month’s wheel. Time sure flies! At this point we still have the season ending races coming up next As far as our end of the year banquet, it has been cancelled. We have month in October. It should be a well- spoken with the Sheraton, and it will just not be possible to hold an attended event. We are having a three- indoor event with that many people. We plan on doing our annual race event over three days. As we have meeting this year, but it will be virtual. We will have more details done for the last couple of years, the last coming out soon. Hopefully we will get more attendance by doing it race on Sunday will be on the 5 mile track. virtually, but I do hope this will be the first and only year it has to be All the races are double points, so those done virtually. We still plan on giving awards out this year. Regional who are chasing regional points, this is the trophies and awards will be published, and the awards mailed to the weekend to show up. By the time this edition is out, registration will be recipients. open on MSR. Also please note we have an election coming up. There are three We also have two Pro events left. Ferrari Challenge at the end of this open spots on the Board, as well as the RE position. All three month, and IMSA at the end of October. Check the calendar if you incumbents are running again, as well as two newcomers. Candidate want to attend. Registration is open on MSR. statements are in this edition of the Wheel. Online voting will begin after the October Wheel is published. You will be able to vote via MSR, This has been quite a challenging year. Pro events had to be or by mail. We have had low voter turnouts the past few years, so get cancelled. We had to cancel two of our regional events but were able out the vote for your candidate(s). to combine a race and keep our Majors. Everyone has risen to the occasion to make sure we are staying safe and following all the new I also want to send a prayer out to all those that have suffered losses protocols with the COVID 19 issues. during the pandemic and these historic fires. There are those in our SFR family that have lost homes and loved ones this year. We cannot It is indeed a “new normal” we have been experiencing, but I feel control these things, but we can reach out to folks to make sure they confidant the 2021 season will be more like the “old normal”. At least are ok. If you have not spoken to someone in a while, give them a that is my hope. We do have a tentative schedule for 2021. As soon shout. It’s always nice to reconnect and make sure everyone is ok. as the tracks give the go ahead for publication, it will be posted online and in the Wheel. It is pretty spread out with two races at Until next month! Sonoma again. We are not planning on a race before Driving School. Tim Sullivan This should give all Novice Drivers a chance to race at the first race weekend of the year.
WAP in The Time of COVID-19 As the COVID-19 restrictions remain in place, times are getting difficult for many people, both socially and financially. This is just a reminder for San Francisco SCCA region volunteers. If financial issues are keeping you from participating in the regional events, please remember that the Worker Appreciation Program (WAP), funded by drivers, is available for your benefit to help with racing related expenses. You may be reimbursed for your transportation and lodging expenses. In order to receive reimbursement for your gas and/or motel bills, please mail your receipts for the event to: Rhonda Corbitt 9647 Leland Way Stockton, CA 95212
Or email them to: [email protected]
Please make note of the event, the name to whom the check is to be made, and the address to which you want it mailed. Turn around time is 24 hours from receipt of the receipts. Stay safe, take care, and enjoy the racing.
SEPTEMBER 2020 | SFRSCCA.ORG | 5
2020 SFR/SCCA RACE SCHEDULE AND PRO SUPPORT SCHEDULE Confessions of a Cone Slayer By Rob Krider God of Speed For our session on the track it would be God of Speed, my son, my daughter, and two unsuspecting teenage boys who looked a little too cocky There is absolutely nothing in the world in my opinion. I strapped on my helmet and waited for the green flag. My that gives me greater joy than go-karts. wife stood on the side of the track and gave me a look of “Please don’t I love the squealing of the little tires, embarrass us.” I flipped down my visor and ignored her. It was race time. the feeling of wind in my face, and the The flag dropped and instantly the red mist of racing filled my brain with sound of my front bumper smashing into adrenaline. All rational thought was gone. I was a machine, hell bent on an unsuspecting competitor’s car. It just winning. doesn’t get any better than that. It’s pure childhood pleasure. I started ripping through the course, learning the unfamiliar track, finding my lines, and reeling in my competitors. The first one I found was my Since I love go-karts so much, any daughter. I came up on her fast, she hit her brakes way too early for a turn opportunity I have to take my kids to a (I told her not to do that) and my front bumper drilled her in the side with go-kart track for some good clean all- a horrendous noise. Her go-kart spun violently out of the way and then American fun, we are there. I’ve taken my crashed into a wall. Obviously it upset me that I crashed into my daughter. kids to nearly every go-kart track in California, and shamefully, due to some Hitting her slowed me down considerably, which ruined my lap time. After rough driving, I have been thrown out of most of them. the impact she was backwards on the track, so the K1 Speed employees Supposedly, go-karting is a non-contact sport. But I have proven over had to come out and turn her around by hand to get her going again. They and over again, damaging many a go-kart, that there is plenty of contact. asked if she was OK. She said, “Yes, that was my own father who did that to I have also proven that I am a very fast driver, winning races at plenty of me!” tracks. Sure, most of my competitors were 8-year-old kids, but regardless Regardless of family politics or good parenting, I, more importantly, still of those little insignificant details, I won those races fair and square. Yes, had a race to win. I drove by the part of the track where I could see my the tears streaming down the faces of some 8-year-old boys may disagree wife, standing and watching and judging. For obvious reasons she didn’t with my interpretation of “fair and square.” I’ll admit, there may have been look very happy with me. Who could blame her? I had just smashed her some “rubbing” or “bumping” or you could say, “smashing.” I don’t dispute youngest child into a wall. It wasn’t like I flipped our daughter onto her roof. these allegations. Go-karting is real racing. There are no trophies for second I knew our little girl would live. Since I knew I was already in trouble with the place. missus I figured I might as well win the race. I continued on, possessed, and My “win at all costs” go-karting policy has occasionally affected my own raced the go-kart as hard as possible, passing the now-shamed teenage children, bless their little souls. I do understand that as a father playing boys, bumping past my own son (quite roughly), and then came across the games with a child, it is oftentimes the case where the dad will lose on finish line first. As I crossed the line I saw my name, God of Speed, listed on purpose to build up the feeling of success for a child and boost a kid’s self- the top of the video screen as the winner. Victory! esteem. That is good parenting 101. Raising two children I have done this Rob knows he’s a bad dad at the racetrack, and honestly, he feels shame. If sort of thing thousands of times with games like checkers, tag, or baseball. you enjoy his storytelling check out his novel Cadet Blues available in print But at the go-kart track … yeah, that isn’t going to happen. This is a race, not or eBook on Amazon.com. http://www.santamariasun.com/images/cms/full a pre-school lesson. /2fc5d7d581878825a93d9cb52b2c0ba0.jpg Recently I had the opportunity to either do the “right thing” at a go-kart track or ... win the race. We were in Anaheim, and I decided it would be fun to go to the local K1 Speed. Yes, I know, when you’re in Anaheim with your kids, you should probably take them to the Magic Kingdom to see Mickey Mouse. I like Mickey as much as the next guy, but let’s be honest: Go-karts trump teacups any day of the week. Because no matter how long you’re on the ride, those teacups never crash into each other. While we were at K1 Speed, I tried to impart as much racing wisdom as possible to my children: “The pedal on the right is the gas pedal. Mash that one flat to the floor. There is another pedal on the left. I have heard people refer to it as a ‘brake pedal’ but you don’t need that. If you want to slow McGEE MOTORSPORTS GROUP down, just use the rear bumper of the car in front of you. Oh, don’t forget to RACE FABRICATION Full Fabrication Facility win. Any questions?” • Welding: Steel, Aluminum, Magnesium, Stainless At the front desk, I told the employees at K1 Speed I wanted my whole • Chassis fabrication, modification and repairs • Machining: Prototype or production work family, the four of us, to get a session to race. My wife, whom I love, Parts Supplier immediately backed out, “I’m not going out on that track with you. You’re • Full selection of AN and Grade 8 Fasteners • Grade 8.8 Metric Hardware a menace to society in a go-kart. Will K1 Speed even let you race here? I • Large selection of racing parts, supplies and hardware • RedLine Oil • TDR- Toyota Racing / High Performance Parts thought you were kicked out of K1 Speed.” Race Preparation I quickly hushed my wife, “Honey, shhhhh! That was the San Diego K1 • Maintenence • Setups and alignments Speed.” I smiled at the girl at the front counter and told my wife, “These • Testing and development of car and driver • Trackside Support Or, stop in and visit our shop good people have never met me before.” Before we could race we had to Phone: (707) 996-1112 Sonoma Raceway FAX: (707) 996-9148 29121 Arnold Drive register our personal information on a computer. Because I was worried Sonoma 707-996-1112 that K1 Speed locations may share information about “unsavory customers,” I registered to race under an alias: God of Speed.
6 | SFRSCCA.ORG | SEPTEMBER 2020 Rally Cross comes to Thunderhill Park By David Vodden
Under the direction October 3rd and 4th. If you are reading this before those dates you can of Sanjay Singh of enter on Motorsports Registration. Fresno, Rally Cross For more information made its return to about Rally Cross Thunderhill Park on contact Sanjay Singa at September 13th. [email protected]. Close to 50 entries traversed the dirt Thunderhill expects course cut into the to host a National Rally flat area just east of the highway entry at the track. Cross point meet in 2021. Date TBD. Classes divided the competition that is scored much like Autocross events. The second Rally Cross at Thunderhill was set for the weekend of
About Our Photographer Photographer for regional 13 and 14 was Alex Simonic. Alex is a Aerospace Engineering student at Cal Poly. In addition he is an avid racing fan. If you are interested in viewing the 1600 pictures he took while attending the event follow this link, 1600+ image album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/183595081@N07/ albums/72157715792165698 Email him if you are interested in a certain photo: [email protected] He also has a donation link in case you are interested in supporting a young college student who enjoys auto racing: https://www.paypal. com/paypalme/awsim250
SEPTEMBER 2020 | SFRSCCA.ORG | 7 Sac Solo Round 11 By Davey Drouin Sacramento Round 11, August 29, 2020 faster was Sergi Avedisov in his Honda S2000. Sergi posted a 58.123 which was good for first place. Well the car count just keeps getting bigger and bigger at the SCCA Sacramento autocross events hosted at Thunderhill. I guess you just D-Street better known as the turbo four cylinder class had a good can’t beat a good site, good courses and friendly executive board. turn out with 5 drivers. Tony Monoogan driving a Ford Focus snatched There were 90 drivers that showed up to race, which is a great turn third place with a 57.586. Second went to Eric Martin sponsored by out. All covid-19 safety measures were in place to make sure we have American’s Tire Roseville in a EcoBoost Mustang with a 57.282. First a safe place to race. place went to Robert Luis sponsored by American Tire and Abel Chevrolet in a Camaro with a 55.263. It is really amazing to see the Street classes running, so deep. The average of all the Street Classes was five drivers. The smallest was E-Street had Vernon Head running his MR2 Spyder uncontested. E-Street with one driver and the most was Super Street with ten Vernon ran a 59.233. drivers. It is also pretty cool to see new life breathed into H-Street with F-Street had Pete Lamarche and his Dodge Charger and Mike Agraan the likes of Honda Fits, Fiats and Mini Coopers battling it out on the in a BMW M3 duking out for the win. Mike was able to beat Pete with a pavement. 58.784 for the win. Starting from the top Super Street had a healthy car count of 10. G-Street had Karl Hannah sponsored by Falken Tires stealing first Many were high end sports cars with one plug in sedan. The Tesla with a 56.83 respectively went home with fifth place which isn’t too surprising since Chris Cox was behind the wheel. Third place went to David Borden in his VW GTI. Chris Kannan sponsored by Auburn Tires ran a 57.659 in a Porsche Cayman S with a 53.734. Second place went to Jeff which was good for second place. Third went to Chris Estrada in a Glorioso sponsored by Glorioso Design with a 52.894 in a Corvette Ford Focus ST with a 58.206. Pam Kannan ran the ladies class and ran a Grand Sport. First place and champion for the day was Monty Pack 58.382. Which earned her first place. with a 52.098. Mony was piloting a Porsche GT3. Mary Borden raced H-Street had Andrew Timothy (the man with two first names) take uncontested in the ladies class. She was able to run a 56.367 which third place with a 66.727 in a Scion tC. Second place went to Michelle earned her first place. Luis sponsored by America’s Tire and Bavarian Performance with a A-Street was dominated by Corvettes. Third place went to Stephen 64.378 in a Mini Cooper. The champion for the day was Bill Tubbs in a Hare sponsored by Hare Motorsport with a 54. 629 in a Corvette Z06. Fiat Abarth with a 60.795. Second place went to Rory Marin in a silver Corvette with a 54.480. Other class winner include: The champion of the class was Robert Foster in an inferno orange STS=Michael Gleanton, STR=Praneil Prasad, STU=Harold Dorton, Corvette with a 54.126. SSR=MIchael Huber, CAMC=Andrew Barrious, CAMT=Matt B-Street had Ross Thompson at the top with a 54.477 in a SS 1LE. Ellam,CAMTL=Rachele Tyler CAMS=Ken Yeo,CAMSL=Pattie Yeo Second place went to Jesse Linder in a BMW M3 with a 55.660. Third XP=Andy McKee,XPL=Korynne Smith CP= Mike Maier, SM= Rufus place went to Doug Hubbard with a 57.515 scratch time. Unfortunately Crow, SSM=Tom Nivison, SSML=Patricia Berlant BM=Noel Ameele, for Doug he hit a duck. His final time posted was 58.515. Penny CM=Ben Martinez, EM=Bob Weisickle, FM=Douglas Hargove,, Hubard ran a 57.593 and won the ladies class. The next race weekend will be September 26th and 27th at C-Street had two Japanese based sports cars show up. Trevor Thunderhill raceway. Pontifex ran a 59.147 in his Mazda RX-8. Unfortunately one second
Thunderhill's Latest Upgrade
Thunderhill's Latest Upgrade The SCCA season finale October 23-25 at Thunderhill will offer these all new gas pumps in the paddock. The SUNOCO improvements arranged by Mark Paul of Paul Oil will offer 91, 98, and 100 octane leaded fuels along with leaded 110 octane race gas. The weekend will also see the Sacramento Chapter Autocross program conducting their last event of the year on the big skid pad making the weekend very special for all SCCA folks who like to have fun with cars! Members are encouraged to sign up for the races and the autocross program by contacting the appropriate event officials.
8 | SFRSCCA.ORG | SEPTEMBER 2020 No Solo Nationals? No Problem for Photos by Amy Armes, Brad Dawson Fresno Chapter By Yang Moua
What do you do due to the over Roberto 2020 Solo Nationals being Taguibao cancelled? You enter your local and Kevin Fresno Chapter SCAA event and Pena in fine-tune your driving skills. On STR. In STS, August 29th, ten-time National William Champion Bryan Heitkotter did Marlow Troy McKenny in his 2000 Dodge Viper exactly that. Heitkotter, in his CS took the top Rod Krider in his 2019 Ford Fiesta ST getting it done on 3 wheels 1993 Toyota MR2 Turbo was able spot over Daniel Perez and Adam Haro. Kyle Matsumura(STU), German to put down blazing times, good Pulido(STX) and Matthew Dowdy(STH) all ran unopposed. enough for third fastest time of the day and second in PAX. Rob Krider, In Street Prepared competition, Johnnie Wesley was faster than co-driver no stranger to the motorsport world felt a little bummed due to this years Arthur Cha in CSP. Mas Vang(FSP) and Chris Donnelly(FP) both ran Solo Nationals being cancelled. He had been testing and tuning his HS unopposed. 2019 Ford Fiesta ST since the beginning of the year in preparation for the Solo Nationals. Jimmy Au-Yeung was picked to win the STU class at In Street Modified competition, Yang Moua took the win over Richard Solo Nationals this year in his 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo according to Jensen in SMF. In probably the closest SM battle of the year, Jerry Kell the September issue of “Sportscar Magazine”. Proving that “Sportscar edged out Christian Mesina and Rufus Connell, only 2 tenth of a second Magazine” was no fluke, Jimmy took TTOD at event #7 in Fresno. Coming separated first through in second for fastest time of the day was Gregory McNair in his BM third. Rishi Kundu(SSM) Volkswagen SV followed by ran unopposed. Bryan Heitkotter in his CS 1993 Michael Bringetto Toyota MR2 Turbo, fourth went in XP took the win to Michael Gardner in his CAMC over Kenneth Lim. Ed 2016 Ford Mustang GT 350 and Runnion(SSC), Bob Gary McDaniel in his 2001 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 fifth went to Mark Owen in his Bullock(HCR), Pamela CAMT 1973 Chevy Camaro, Schroeder(FSL), Rebecca West(DSL), Gregory McNair(BM) and Chris William Marlow in his STS 1990 Donnelly(FP) all ran unopposed. Honda CRX came in sixth, Richard Jensen in his 2004 Mini Cooper S going into tripod mode In CAM Class competition, Michael Gardner led the pack of Mustangs Jonathan Cadiente in the STH 2017 in CAMC over co-driver Cutter Morrison, Leon Weinroth, Jeffery Jantz Honda Civic, Yang Moua in his SMF 1989 Honda Civic, Andrew Padua in and Greg Back. Gary McDaniel(CAMS) and Mark Owen(CAMT) both ran his STH 2017 Honda Civic and Cutter Morrison in the CAMC 2016 Ford unopposed. Mustang GT 350 rounded out the top ten. In Index competition, Jimmy Au-Yeung led the field of six, Bryan Top honors in PAX went to Jimmy Au-Yeung followed by Bryan Heitkotter Heitkotter came in and Michael Gardner. Fourth was Mark Owen, fifth was Rob Krider, Josh second, Josh Cadiente Cadiente, William Marlow, Ed Runnion. Jonathan Cadiente and Andrew in third, Jonathan Padua rounded out the top ten. Cadiente, Andrew In Street Class competition, Gary Fazekas led the pack of five drivers in Padua and Paul Newton FS followed by William Hossner, Corky Schroeder, Chris Rodriguez and rounded out the rest of Erick Castro. Rob Krider walked away the competition in HS by over 3 the field. seconds followed by Brett Schoener, Xiong Yang and Frachiseur Shelton. Andrew Padua in his 2017 Honda Civic Si In Novice Class Keith Bullock took the win over Eric Gillis in AS, DS went to Brad Dawson competition, ten drivers over Jacqueline came to play with Derek Morton taking the win over Frank Simmons, Vazquez and Richard Lance Kampfhenkel, Kelsey Stoltenberg and Jordan Aguilar rounded out Cadiente better Gary the top five. Lieb in ES. Dave Warner(BS) and Bret Two additional events had Sliakis(CS) both ran been added to September unopposed. making it more #funwithcars. Hope everyone had a great In Street Touring Jimmy Au-Yeung in his 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo time and hope to see some taking TTOD competition, Brandon new faces at the next event. Griggs took the win Bryan Heitkotter in his 1993 Toyota MR2 Turbo
SEPTEMBER 2020 | SFRSCCA.ORG | 9 SFR'S REGIONALS 13 & 14 BY BLAKEBY LYNNE HUNTTING AND BLAKE TATUM Saturday Race The last SFR club event for the year at WeatherTech Raceway had a good wild fires was better than the rest of Northern California; and Highway driver turnout, great weather, excellent Covid Compliance - all handled #68 was heavily populated with thank-you signs and posters for the First by a small but hard-working corps of volunteer Workers, cross-pollinating Responders. Although there had been concern about fires on the property among the various crews to get the jobs done. and nearby, it didn’t happen. The weekend was a busy two-day event with seven readjusted classes, and SRF3 driver, Joe Briggs and his Healdsburg Distilleries again donated for the most part, went well. This year the db sound limit is 102.9 all day, $100 checks to six Workers, whose names were drawn; and at least one with strict adherence, and there were some drivers who found it the task to driver gifted his Checkered Flag to a Worker - SP winner Fred Lind to Amber be difficult. Roque in Tech. The typical morning fog did not delay the schedule and lifted early on for warm sunny skies with gentle breezes. The air quality from the nearby
Saturday Race Group 1 FA FM FX FS F4
In FM Bill Weaver/No.67 Star Mazda and Michael Whelden/No.72 Formula Mazda had another close race, with Weaver leading Whelden until the last two laps when they swapped positions, with Whelden taking the class victory. Weaver was second, and Derry O’Donovan/ No.77 Formula Mazda was third. The seven F4 cars had a spirited race and the Formula Pro Series podium finishers were Courtney Crone/No.25 Ligier, William Ferguson/No.36 Ligier JS, and Cooper Becklin/No.19 Ligier JS. Crone, who qualified second in F4, took the lead immediately and held to the finish, but not without a vigorous pursuit by F4 pole sitter, Ferguson. He closely tailed Crone throughout the race, who protected her lead and turned the fastest F4 lap. Afterwards Crone was reprimanded for blocking. Spencer Bucknum/No.31 Ligier Red, who qualified mid- #36 William Ferguson leads #19 Cooper Becklin an #31 Spencer Bucknum pack, went off course in Turn 5 and then pitted. This open-wheel race group was the last race Saturday afternoon, with one-third of the field coming from out of region. The group had a self- This wasn’t the best weekend for Ethan Shippert/No.55 Ralt FA. split start, between the faster cars and the F4 group, which was having Despite his best mitigating efforts, he ran afoul of the sound meter its own race within the race. in all three of his Saturday sessions. First in practice he was too loud and had to pit. Then in Qualifying he was the fastest FA before he had CJ Ray/No.75 FX Star Mazda spun out and stalled in Turn 2 on the first all his times disallowed due to being too loud. Then, in the race, after lap, bringing out the Safety Car. He was able to restart before the tow starting at the back of the first wave of cars and quickly charging to the crew could hook up. Once the field got restarted, the front wave was overall lead, he was again flagged off for sound. That being his third fast but fairly processional, starting and finishing mostly in their grid hit for the day and event, county requirements ended his weekend. He positions, with little drama or mishaps. Pole sitter Jay Horak/No.37 wasn’t able to race Sunday. Ligier F3 led the first nine laps, before being overtaken by Ethan Shippert/No.55 FA Ralt for two laps. Horak regained the lead when Two drivers who did have a good weekend were Michael Whelden Shippert was black flagged, and went on to win the race. Shippert and Tao Takaoka. They each set a new Track Record for their respective turned the fastest race lap of 93.810 mph. classes. Whelden set a FM track record of 1:30.980; and Takaoka set a FX record of 1:30.299l
CLASS WINNERS FA - Jay Horak/ FM - Michael F4 - Courtney Crone/ No.37 Ligier F3; Whelden/No.72 No.25 Ligier F4; John Ostlund/No.59 Formula Mazda; William Ferguson/ Mazda FA; Robert Bill Weaver/No.67 No.16 Ligier F4; Merritt/No.41 Star Formula Mazda; Cooper Becklin/ Car Derry O’Donovan/ No.19 Ligier F4 No.77 Formula FX - Tao Takaoka/ Mazda No.27 FS 2.0; Stew Tabak/No.2 Formula Mazda; CJ Ray/ #28 Stew Tabek finished second in FX both days No.74 Star Formula
10 | SFRSCCA.ORG | SEPTEMBER 2020 Photos by Alex Simonic, Dick Gordon, Blake Tatum BY BLAKEBY LYNNE HUNTTING AND BLAKE TATUM
Sunday Race
In F4, the grid was set by the best times from Race One or the previous qualifying session. Spencer Bucknum, winner of the last race at Laguna was not having the same kind of success, with a DNF on Saturday and starting fourth in F4 on Sunday. William Ferguson would be the point man and lead the field to the green. Holding his position at the front despite the heavy pressure from Bucknum, Ferguson went on to take the victory, as Bucknum finished just behind him, advancing two places from his starting position. Courtney Crone took the last podium spot with a solid third place finish. The F4 racers cannot give an inch without someone ready to pounce on them. Good racing by a lot of young up-and-coming race car drivers. Even though the victories eluded him, Bucknum took the championship in the Pro Formula USA Championship Presented by #11 Dalmo De Vasconcelos is followed by #77 Derry O'Donovan, #89 Bruce Semler, and #63 Lars Jensen Exclusive Racing. I do not know if Jay Horak misses having Graham Rankin in attendance for this race of not. On one hand, Rankin and Horak put One of the more interesting cars in the group was the 1986 Ralt RT4 on one of the best races all year long; but on the other hand I am sure of Dalmo De Vasconcelos from Brazil. This was one of the first ground Horak enjoyed concentrating to setting fast times without the lurking effects cars, and in their day were very fast race cars. Nice to see one Formula Atlantic of Rankin in his wake. Any way, Horak was able to out on the track! cap off the weekend with a second overall victory, and by the end of the weekend had to feel pretty comfortable around the 2.2 mile race track. John Ostlund finished second, but first in the pro-Mazda race class. Ostlund and Merritt took on the fight for pro-Mazda bragging rights with relative new comer to pro-Mazda ranks, Ostlund, taking the honors. Merritt had his mirrors full of the ever- present Tao Takaoka, who took the FX win. FM saw a changing of the guard with Michael Whelden beating out Bill Weaver. During the Saturday race Weaver held off Whelden until the last two laps; but on Sunday Whelden had the point the entire 15 laps. It was a good weekend for Wheldon, as he also set a new track record during the Saturday race.
#10 Vincent Tjelmeland
CLASS WINNERS FA 1. #37 Jay Horak F4 FM 1. #36 William 1. #72 Michael 2. #59 John Ostlund Ferguson Whelden 3. #41 Robert Merritt 2. #31 Spencer 2. #67 Bill Weaver
Bucknum 3. #77 Derry FX 3. #25 Courtney O’Donovan 1. #27 Tao Takaoka Crone 2. #28 Stew Tabek #72 Michael Whelden won FM both days 3. #75 C.J. Ray
SEPTEMBER 2020 | SFRSCCA.ORG | 11 Saturday Race Group 2 FB FE FE2 PX S2 P1 P2 S2 DSR ASR The ten FC class cars were added to this group, as the open-wheel numbers otherwise didn’t warrant a separate group. Seven of the FC’s came up from Cal Club. The race, second of Sunday morning, had a split start, with the FC’s in front under lifting fog. There were no visibility problems.
Jim Devenport/No.23 P1 Norma had the pole, led every lap, and turned the fastest lap of the weekend - 97.381 mph. His Margin of Victory ahead of runner-up, John Manfroy/ No.8 P1 Stohr, was 15.542. Manfroy was able to keep up with Devenport. The top four cars, #23 Jim Devenport leads the field through turn three all P1 cars, lapped the field at least once. The field was fast and well-behaved with rarely a wheel off course.
CLASS WINNERS P1 - Jim Devenport/ FC - Tom Hope/ P2 - Tim Day Jr/ No.23 Norma; John No.18 RFR; Daniel No.81 Stohr; Kevin Manfroy/No.8 Stohr; Swanbeck/No.27 Mitz/No.13 Stohr Joe Viso/No.52 Elan Van Diemen; G Scott FE2 - John Yeatman/ Vreeland/No.51 Van No.22 Van Diemen Diemen #27 Daniel Swanbeck chases #18 Tom Hope Sunday Race
At the beginning of the race, I asked Jim Devenport if there was anybody he worried about in this race. Based on the Saturday results, he said not really. Based on the first few laps, it was obvious he was right; but hold on a second, because as the race hit the third lap, something was not right on the Devenport car. John Manfroy could smell his wounded prey and started to close the gap. As the laps clicked off, Manfroy closed the gap lap by lap. By #04 Gary Patterson races down the front straight with #99 Peter West, and #87 Troy Shooter in hot pursuit Lap 10 Manfroy was peeling off laps in the 1:25 range, while Devenport was answering with laps in the 1:26 One person’s heart ache is another person's elation, as Tom Hope range. It looked as though Manfroy was going to be able to seriously was able to claim first in the Formula Continental race. Hope has had challenge Devenport for the lead. But just as Manfroy recorded the more than his share of bad luck recently, so this race proved to be fast lap of the race, smoke started to spill out the back of his Stohr the time where he got to eat the bear. Hope had to earn the victory, P1D, and after two short circuits Manfroy had to pull over with a because Daniel Swanbeck led the FC group for a large portion of the mechanical DNF. His stalled car brought out the full course caution, race. Hope was able to get by Swanbeck on Lap 14 and then Scott and meant the race finished under the Yellow Flag. With Manfroy Vreeland was able to also get by the ailing Swanbeck two laps later. out, Joe Viso finished second in P1 and second overall. Viso is really Vreeland looked as though he was going to start troubling Hope, but progressing well with his car in only the second trip out. He is closing the caution came out and everybody had to hold station. in on the lead pack. Kevin Mitz finished fourth overall and first in P2, which I am sure CLASS WINNERS he is not bragging P1 FE2 FC 1. #22 John Yeatman 1. #18 Tom Hope about, since he was 1. #23 Jim 2. #51 Scott Vreeland the only competitor in Devenport P2 1. #13 Kevin Mitz 3. #51 Daniel his class. 2. #52 Joe Viso 3. #62 Bruce Brown ASR Swanbeck #26 Vasili Stratton 1. #26 Vasili Stratton
12 | SFRSCCA.ORG | SEPTEMBER 2020 Saturday Race Group 3 ITE GT1 GT2 GT3 GTA GTE SP N3 GTL T1 T2 T3 AS E46 GTX MC
The group three field storms into turn two
Richard Pryor/No.27 Camaro set a new track record of 1:47.424 in the MC Class. This is another new car-specific class, for Mustangs and Camaros, promoted by Pryor, which incorporates the best of American Sedan rules with cost restrictions. Mapstead was appreciative of the new exit asphalt in Turn 6, which he said really helps on the most difficult turn on the track. There had been plans to repave the track this year, but with the change of management and pandemic, that didn’t happen, and some drivers are glad.
#8 Don Van Nortwick This was the first race Sunday morning. It was foggy but the race started on time. It was big-bore cars, with 11 of the 16 classes CLASS WINNERS represented in the field of 23 cars. Everyone had a podium finish. SP - Fred Lind/No.07 ITE - Wilson Powell/ AS -Roger Eagleton/ Fred Lind/No.07 SP Ford Lightning truck had the pole position, led Ford Lightning; Mike No.47 BMW M3 No.29 Mustang; every lap and proceeded to pull away from the field. Behind him Troy Enos/No.06 Ford Michael Lowe/No.10 Ermish/No.1 GT3 Nissan 370Z and Lars Mapstead/No.69 GT2 Porsche T3 - Donald Ahn/ NASCAR TBird Mustang; Mikhail GT3 had nice race while it lasted. They also race against each other in No.198 Porsche Butenko/No.98 vintage events. Ermish pulled away, and then pitted to retire. The field GT1 - Dominic Boxter Mustang Martinolich/No.41 started to string out. By the halfway mark, Lind had started lapping EP - Roland Kamber/ Camaro; Justin Clark Nunes/ the field. Despite this, the fastest race lap of 86.632 mph was run by No.74 Mazda RX7; T1 - Dempsey/No.55 No.79 Camaro; Don Dominic Martinolich/No.41 GT1 Camaro, who finished second - 4.765 Larry Cooper/No.7 Camaro Van Nortwick/No.8 seconds behind Lind. With the field so spread out, there was little Datsun 240-Z Ford FP350S; Sean overdriving or misbehavior. GT2 - Lars T2 - Carl Fung/ Whitwood/No.6 Coincidently, another driver with the number 55, ran afoul of the Mapstead/No.69 No.116 Mustang Corvette sound meter. Justin Dempsey/No.55 GT1 Camaro was way too high in Porsche GT3 Cup GT3 - Troy Ermish/ qualifying, lost his times and started at the back. He retired after five ASR - Vasili Stratton/ No.1 Nissan 370Z laps, close to, but not over the db limit. No.26 Wolf
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#29 Roger Eagleton has #10 Michael Lowe occupying his mirrors
AS saw Roger Eagleton hold off the Mustangs of Michael Lowe and Jeff Francis. Eagleton had a busy weekend, also running in SMG in Group 5. Eagleton won all four races he entered, making the trip over from Hawaii worth it. EP Roland Kamber won the battle of yellow cars. His yellow RX7 beat the yellow Datsun 240-Z of Larry Copper. The two were running pretty close until the faster classes came through and split #06 Mike Enos loses his car on entry into turn 5 them up. Prunedale, California is very short drive from Laguna Seca. Fred Lind can probably hear the cars go around the track from his house. In the only other contested class, Eric Fulkerson beat out Donald Ahn One of the things Fred likes most about racing is being able to bring for first place in T3. his family to the racetrack. With the Covid restrictions, he cannot do that. So I would bet when his race started, his family went outside and listened for the sweet melody of his lightning quick Ford Lightning carving up the racetrack. On Sunday Fred did exactly that. He put that CLASS WINNERS truck of his in high gear and never looked back. He lapped the field AS up to fifth place and did not let anything get in his way. Distributor 1. #29 Roger GT3 SP 1. #1 Troy Ermish 1. #07 Fred Lind problems solved from the previous weekend, Fred looked as though Eagleton 2. #06 Mike Enos he was having a Sunday Cruise with the meanest truck in the country. 2. #10 Michael Lowe ITE 1. Wilson Powell T1 Finishing second overall and first in GT1 was Dominic Martinolich 3. #21 Jeff Francis 1. #79 Clark Nunes from Kennewick, Washington in his GT1 Chevy Camaro. Dominic GT1 MC 2. #6 Sean Whitwood worked his way up from sixth on the first lap to second overall. 1. #41 Dominic 1. #23 Charles Laster 3. #58 Tim Sullivan Martinolich Third place and first in T1 was Clark Nunes in his 2010 Chevy EP 2. #55 Justin T3 Camaro. Nunes briefly occupied the second spot before giving way to 1. #74 Roland Dempsey 1. #16 Eric Fulkerson the high powered GT1 car of Martinolich. Camber 2. #198 Donald Ahn GT2 2. #7 Larry Cooper Fourth overall and first in GT2 was Lars Mapstead. Lars started a 1. #69 Lars Mapstead ways back in ninth and passed five cars enroute to his fourth place 2. #19 Mark Kibort finish.
14 | SFRSCCA.ORG | SEPTEMBER 2020 Saturday Race Group 4 FF CF FV F5 FST FC FFT
About the same time as Jalen's spin, Schultz had another spin, in Turn 10, and pitted without taking the Checkered Flag. Michael Bernstein/ No.12 FF Piper spun on his cool-off lap. Blake Tatum/No.3 Crusader won the FV race, and then on his cool-off lap, he broke a spindle in Turn 4 and had to be rescued.
#44 Jon Brandstad leads the group four field into turn 11 This was the smallest field of the weekend, after the FC cars were moved to Group 2. At the start, James Lepetich/No.95 hung back in his new FST and stayed back for the entire race, finishing two laps down. Doug Learned Jr/No.17 FF Piper started behind the FV’s as he hadn’t qualified, and quickly made his way forward through the small field. He took the lead on Lap 11 of the 13-lap race. The front running FF’s ran in a tight pack. Pole sitter Manuel Leonardo/No.52 FF Piper led the first lap, before being overtaken by Cal Club’s Dutch Schultz/ No.51 FF Piper. Schultz led By Lap 5 the FF’s were starting to lap the two FV’s. At the half-way mark in the 25-minute race, Learned was chasing Leonardo. Then Learned took the lead on Lap 11 after Schultz spun back to third behind Leonardo. With less than five minutes remaining, Dave Jalen/ #3 Blake Tatum No.50 Mygale got wide into the Turn 11 exit gravel, and in powering CLASS WINNERS out, he spun across course and hit the pit wall. This brought out an early Checkered Flag. Jalen wasn't hurt, but had a sore hip for the FF - JDoug Learned FV - Blake Tatum/ FST - James following week. As the car had suspension damage, he didn’t race Jr/No.17 Piper; No.3 Crusader; Lepetich/No.95 Sunday. Afterwards, Jalen joked that after watching the drivers hitting Manuel Leonardo/ Ron Wake/No.41 Gazelle the wall in the Indy 500, it looked like fun and he wanted to try it. He No.52 Piper; Jon Mysterian Mysterian doesn't recommend it. Jalen will race Thunderhill. Brandstad/No.44 Swift Sunday Race
quickly made his way to the front. During the Sunday race, he led from start to finish and was able to keep Manual Leonardo at bay for the entire race. It was an all-Piper front row with Dutch Schultz starting on the outside of the front row. But Leonardo took over the second spot on the second lap, and he did his best to unseat Learned Jr. They drove nose to tail for several laps until Learned Jr. was able to get some breathing room at the end. Shultz and fourth place finisher, Jon Brandstad, had a heated race of their own, with Brandstad holding on to the third spot for the majority of the race only to have Shultz get around him with three circuits left. Eric Poulsen had Michael Bernstein inhaling his exhaust fumes the entire race, with Bernstein finishing less than .3 of a second behind Poulsen. Ron Wake was the only FV in the field and ended up setting his best time of the weekend on Lap 12, getting into the 1:49 lap times. At the end of the race it was Pipers finishing in the top three position.
CLASS WINNERS
#17 Doug Learned Jr. on his way to his second victory of the weekend. Second Place both days was #52 Manuel Leonardo FF FV 1. #17 Doug Learned 1. #41 Ron Wake Group 4 with only seven cars in the group, the corner workers would Jr. have a chance to rest their flag-waving arms. On Saturday Doug 2. #52 Manuel Learned Jr. had his qualifying times disallowed because of a sound Leonardo violation. So he started the Saturday race at the back of the pack, but 3. #51Dutch Shultz
SEPTEMBER 2020 | SFRSCCA.ORG | 15 Saturday Race Group 5 ITS ITA ITB ITC ITX ITR FP HP STL STU E30 SMG BS T4 GTL SSC5
#47 Wilson Powell and #29 Roger Eagleton lead the group up to the start
This group of alphabet soup sedans had the addition of ten SSC5 Corvettes. These faster cars had a split start, with the visiting Corvettes being in the back. A Corvette set one of the two new track records in this race. Pole sitter Josh Carroll/No.171 SSC5 Corvette started way back and immediately forged a path to the front, gaining 30 positions in the process. By the end of the 13-lap race, Carroll finished fourth overall and first in SSC5. Meanwhile Roger Eagleton/No.29 SMG Mustang qualified fifth overall, first in class. He started first and led every lap, and had a 100% success rate in his four races this weekend. Wilson Power #13 Tood Launchbaugh passes #40 Joel High in No.47 BMW M3 came from eighth overall to runner-up and first in class. The pack up front was mostly big bore sedans, followed by a throng of Miatas in the various classes. CLASS WINNERS It didn’t take long for the Safety Car to be on course. Michael SMG - Roger STL - Tim Auger/ ITA - JosephKou/No.6 Herbert/No.43 ITA Miata went off course unsafe in Turn 11 in Eagleton/No.29 No.07 Acura Integra; Miata; Scott Smith/ need of rescue. Several drivers passed under caution. Then Taz Mustang; Adam Wesley Mollno/ No.174 Miata; Wa Harvey/No.8 STL Acura Integra slowed, limping into the pits. Enticknap/No.87 No.110 Mazda Huong/No.3 Miata After the restart, there was a rash of cars going off course, going Mustang GT; Mikhail SpecMX5; Todd slowly, and being in the wrong place. It all got sorted. Butenko/No.98 Launchbaugh/No.13 ITX - Rob Fuller/ Mustang Mazda Miata No.49 Miata; Ross While all this was going on, Cal Club’s Craig Dale/No.179 Lindell/No.16 Miata; Corvette set a new track record of 1:39.411 for SSC5, which was - Wilson Powell/ - Craig Dale/ Taylor Vance/No.17 also the fastest race lap of the 42-car field - 81.045 mph. Powell set ITR SSC5 No.47 BMW M3 No.179 Chevrolet Miata a new ITR track record of 1:41.886. Z06; Josh Carroll/ Thirty-five of the 38 finishers were on the lead lap of the 13-lap HP - Lee Fleming/ No.171 Corvette; T4 - Tony Kiratsous/ race. No.00 MG Midget Marc LaCorte/No.173 No.78 Miata Corvette
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#173 Mark Lacorte
The story of this race was the split start and the full-course caution. With ten SSC5 Corvettes in attendance, someone decided that a split start would be a good idea. Normally it is, but usually the fast group is started first and the slow group is controlled by the pace car. The fast group in this case was the Corvettes; but they started behind the other 22 cars, which was made up of a very mixed bag of racing classes. When the green flag fell, Roger Eagleton took the lead and did his very best to make everyone else disappear. Eagleton had a straightaway lead on second place runner, Wilson Powell. #122 Oli Thordarson SSC5 winner on Sunday Third was Tim Auger, and fourth was Michael Lowe. These four drivers had a pretty stress-free race, until the Corvettes started picking their way through the field. Oli Thordarson started passing cars in the lead group by the second lap; and his green and black Patchworx Corvette was able to eat cars up and spit them out. On the third lap of the race, he passed six cars. The next lap he passed five cars. He rapidly made his way through the field until he reached third place. From there, he took a few laps to pass the second place car of Wilson Powell, and it looked as though he would run out of laps before he caught the overall race leader Eagleton. But a caution came out on Lap 15, bunching up the field. On the subsequent restart, Thordarson made short work of Eagleton and took the overall race lead. Eagleton was able to hold on to second overall and first in SMG. Josh Carroll, also in a SSC5 Corvette, made his way up to third overall and second in SSC5. #94 Lawerence Murdter keeps #167 Max Minishull behind him STL winner was Tim Auger, as he finished five cars ahead of his nearest competitor Adam Gonzalez, who was driving a MX-5 cup car. CLASS WINNERS SSC5 SMG ITR The ITA race was missing Joseph Kou who decided to take this race 1. #122 Oli 1. #29 Roger 1. #47 Wilson Powell off. Wa Houng did not mind, as he was able to best Scott Smith. Thordarson Eagleton Smith was leading Houng for a couple of laps early in the race; but 2. #171 Josh Carroll 2. #10 Michael Lowe STL the tenacious Houng got around Smith on the fourth lap and never 3. #32 Greg Nester 3. #87 Adam 1. #07 Tim Auger to look back. Enticknap 2. #187 Adam ITX was the Fuller/Lindell show again. These two drivers have ITA Gonzalez spent more time hooking bumpers then most people spend in traffic 1. #3 Wa Huong T4 3. #116 Ricardo in the bay area. Their lap times were within hundredths of a second 2. #174 Scott Smith 1. #78 Tony Kiratsous Arruda of each other, and they never seem to run into each other. Two very 3. #94 Lawrence good drivers. Murdter
SEPTEMBER 2020 | SFRSCCA.ORG | 17 Saturday Race Group 6 SRF3 SRF by Joe Briggs/No.9 SRF3. They vied for second, with Booth prevailing, 10.474 seconds behind Miletti. Briggs finished a close third. The front pack started and finished mostly where they started, and kept on track. Further back the drivers were friskier, with several extending track limits. Bruce Richardson/No.5 won the SRF class, followed by Ken Woolley/No.41 and Casey McLoed/No.22.
#9 Joe Biggs dives on the inside of #57 Bill Booth, #2 Lee Douglas watches on The mostly SFR field of SRF3 and SRF cars all started together, with CLASS WINNERS the five SRFs in back, but no split start. The Safety Car came out on SRF3 - Umberto the first lap when Don Becklin/No.09 SRF3 from Oregon needed an SRF - Bruce Milletti/No.34; Bill immediate tow when he spun in Turn 2 and caused several cars to spin Richardson/No.5; Booth/No.57; Joe off evasive. Once that was sorted out, the field got back to racing, with Ken Woolley/No.41; Briggs/No.9 the SRF3’s resuming in grid order. SRF3 Pole sitter Umberto Miletti/ Casey McLoed/No.22 No.34 took off, leaving the pack behind, and turning the fastest lap of 80.740 mph. Bill Booth/No.57 SRF3, who started second was chased Sunday Race
While Umberto Milletti enjoys winning both races of the weekend plus and looped the car in Turn Two. Spiker lost three spots during the the Sunday race of our last event at WeatherTech Raceway at Laguna incident, but made them up by the end of the race to finish in the Seca, I would venture to guess that he wants another shot at Mike eighth position. Miserendino. Miserendino is the last guy to best Umberto; so now As the race continued, Umberto continued to stretch out his lead and after three convincing wins, undoubtedly Umberto wants another stab won uncontested by almost two seconds over Joe Briggs. at Miserendino. The SRF class saw a change at the front with Ken Woolley taking the Umberto had at least a 20 car length lead over the second place trio win. Bruce Richardson was going for four wins in a row. Before the of Joe Briggs, Bill Booth, and Lee Douglas, and looked as though no restart Woolley had a large lead over Bruce Richardson and Dave one would have a chance at him. But in racing it is never over until the Shade. Once the race resumed after the caution, Woolley was able checkered flag comes out; and this race was no exception. On the to hold his position; but Shade left his braking to the last possible 12th lap, a full course caution was called for an incident on the back moment and drove around the outside of Richardson in Turn Two. side of the track. Richardson must have missed a shift, as when he exited, two other cars By Lap 14th the mess was cleaned up and the race resumed. With the made their way past. Richardson did recover, and finished behind field bunched up, this was the chance second place runner Joe Briggs Shade for third place in the SFR class. was looking for. Umberto would have nothing of it, however, and must have caught Briggs asleep at the switch. By the time the braking point for the Andretti hairpin was upon Umberto, he had a six car length lead over Briggs, Booth, and Douglas. Briggs, Booth, and Douglas ran each other very hard for the entire race and especially the last seven laps. Even though Briggs lost out to Umberto, he was able to protect second place to the #71 Jerry Aplass blasts out of turn two checkered Flag. Booth took the final spot on the podium. Don Becklin took advantage of the restart and CLASS WINNERS was able to get past Lee Douglas on Lap 16 , he was able to hold off SRF SRF3 Douglas by .2 of a second. 1. #41 Ken Woolley 1. #34 Umberto After the restart, Nevin Spiker was looking to improve upon his 2. #11 Dave Shade Milletti eighth place position and tried to close the gap on Hank Raymond; 3. #5 Bruce 2. #9 Joe Briggs but was too optimistic about his Hoosier tire’s adhesion capabilities Richardson 3. #57 Bill Booth
18 | SFRSCCA.ORG | SEPTEMBER 2020 Saturday Race Group 7 SMT SSM SM SMX
#94 Ken Sutherland and #87 Will Schrader bring the Spec Miata field up to the green flag
This was the largest field of the weekend, with 55 drivers taking the Car. The race ran nine laps, finishing under Caution. The short-staffed Green Flag. There were so many that the SFR T&S lap chart software Emergency crew and Course Marshals cleaned up the situation and could only record the top 45 drivers. This weekend, the usual three area, rebuilding the tire wall. classes of Miatas were joined by fourteen SMX Mazda MX-5 drivers, Oregon’s Ken Sutherland/No.87 won the SM class. Joseph Kou/ mostly from out-of-region, for a round of its 2020 Series. They had a No.6 SMT passed SMT pole sitter Wa Huong/No.3 the lap before the split start, with their group in front, and the Pace Car in front of the caution, to take the SMT victory. Ross Lindell/No.16 won the SSM Miata field. Ricardo Arruda from Cal Club set a new SMX track record class. of 1:44.440. He finished eighth. He also set the races fastest lap of Fifty-three 77.143 mph. of the 55 Cal Club’s Thomas Martin/No.27 SMX had the SMX pole position, but starters Justin Piscitell of New York in No.189 SMX took the lead and held until finished the Caution and won the race, with a MOV of 0.473 ahead of Aidan the race, Fassacht of New Jersey in No.15 SMX. Martin finished third. with 51 drivers on The Miata field was largely SFR drivers plus five West Coast drivers the lead competing. Early on, there were some overdriving the track and a lap. body contact. Tommy McCarthy/No.23 SM Miata blew an engine on the second lap. An unsafe pass/body contact by Fernando Otero/ #12 Bradley Oneto exits turn 11 No.63 SMT on Oregon’s Theron Smith/No.95 SSM Miata earned him a time penalty. In every class there was racing and passing for the first half of the race. Five laps into the race Northwest Region SMX #63 Fernando Otero kicks up some dirt driver, Adam Gonzalez/No.187 spun off deep in Turn 8 and hit the tire wall. He was not hurt but it was a difficult retrieval, bringing out the Safety CLASS WINNERS SM - Ken SSM - Ross Lindell/ SMX - Justin Sutherland/No.94 No.16 Miata; Piscitell/No.189 Miata; Will Schrader/ Gregory Hoff 97 Mazda MX-5; No.87 Miata; Tim Miata; Rob Fuller/ Aidan Fassnacht/ Weaver/No.3 Miata No.49 Miata No.15 Mazda MX-5; Thomas Martin/ SMT - Joseph Kou/ No.27 Mazda MX-5 No.6 Miata; Wa Huong/No.3 Miata; Eric Fulkerson/No.51 Miata #95 Theron Smith gets a little sideways in turn 11
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second in SM, and he also drove a great race. Tommy McCarthy started 48th and made his way 17th overall and third in SM. Tommy borrowed car from Ed Medlin, which he had to put into service when the motor in his normal ride decided that two laps was all it wanted to do the day before. SMT saw a new car with a familiar name #27 Thomas Martin and #70 Tyler Quance lead the MX5 group up to the green flag in it. Joseph Kou debuted his pristine This was an interesting weekend for the Miata Group. The MX5 boys 2001 Mazda Miata, and obliviously and girls made this race weekend one of their stops on their tour. The transferred all of his knowledge from his previous car to the new MX5 Miata is a little bit bigger than the Miatas we are used to seeing; edition; as he left off exactly where he started, in front of the SMT and they are roughly two seconds a lap quicker than the original pack. Eric Fulkerson and Wa Huong did not let the fancy paint job version. intimidate them as they harassed Kou the entire race. Huong is usually The Sunday race again had a split start with the MX5 cars leading the harasser, and Fulkerson has recently been the support person; the group. We had 12 cars in the group, which was led by pole sitter but this weekend, Fulkerson made it his mission to make sure Kou ,Thomas Martin, out of Redondo Beach California. The race got off earned the victory. Fulkerson was able to get by Houng when Houng to a bit of confusion when the caution flag fell the first lap, being for fishtailed on the exit of Turn Six with six laps left in the contest. Scott an incident in Turn One which brought out the pace car. Three laps Smith from San Jose looked to be in a good position to break the Kou, of following behind the Safety Car must have allowed second place Houng, Fulkerson party by starting on the inside of Kou. During the runner ,Tyler Quance from Cypress Texas, to come up with a plan. first 11 laps Smith looked to be a real spoiler; but on Lap 12, bad luck Because, on the restart, he was able to make his way around Martin. befell him, and he lost six positions. He recovered and made up four The two ran bumper-to-bumper for the remaining part of the race; of those positions, to finish sixth in class. At the end, Kou was able to and it was going to come down to who made it through the large 49 stretch out about a five car length lead over Fulkerson; and Fulkerson car field the best. Lap 8 saw Martin retake the lead, and then three had about a three car lead over Houng. It appeared Fulkerson and laps later, lose the lead for good to the Texan. Martin drove very Houng both ran out of tires, as Kou just powered away. hard and finished less than a half a second behind Quance; but he SSM had the usual finish, arrived at by less-than-usual means. Ross just ran out of laps. Martin did get the distinction of setting a new Lindell was able to get some SMT cars between him and Rob Fuller track record for the MX5 cars with a time of 1:43:940. The MX5 cars and was doing well to keep the gap between him and Fuller. But on brought another level of excitement to the already thrilling Miata race. Lap 9 Fuller was able to get by Lindell and another car. The additional Local racers Tim Auger and Steve Borlik represented the region well car between them gave Fuller some breathing room. Fuller was then finishing seventh and sixth respectively. able to take advantage of some traffic to get some space between The SM group started the race about a third of a lap behind the MX5 the two. But at the end of the race, Lindell was able to clear the cars racers; and by the time they made it to the starters stand, the yellow between him and Fuller, and made a proper race of it. Fuller was able flag incident had already happened. Their start was waved off, and to hold off Lindell, but by only .756 seconds. Gregory Hoff finished the very experienced group of racers did a great job of not running third in class, despite testing the off road capabilities of his 1992 into each other. When the race did resume, the gap that was intended Mazda Miata, on the exit of Turn 11. to give some separation between the two groups had disappeared; The Group 7 race is always worth the price of admission (if we and now the fast SM cars had to work their way through the slower charged) and this race did not disappoint. Watching 49 cars run MX5 cars, yet still keep their main rivals behind them. It made for a around the 2.5 mile WeatherTech Raceway is probably the best racing very entertaining race. The de-facto leader of the Oregon posse, Ken in America. If you get a chance, come and watch these professional Sutherland was the trailblazer. He bushwhacked his way past three of quality drivers burn the rubber off at the season finale at Thunderhill the MX5 cars, before the trio of him, Tim Weaver, and Will Schrader Raceway on October 23 thru October 25. could get some racing room. For a few laps, it looked as though local driver, Tim Weaver, was going to reclaim the local turf bragging rights CLASS WINNERS running second to Sutherland. But on Lap 6, Schrader was able to SMX SM SMT make it by Weaver; and the two did their best to stay on Sutherland’s 1. #70 Tyler Quance 1. #87 Will Schrader 1. #6 Joseph Kou trail. It looked as though Ken Sutherland was going to have to load 2. #27 Thomas Martin 2. #75 Tim Weaver 2. #51 Eric Fulkerson up his motorhome with another first place trophy; but racing luck 3. #116 Ricardo 3. #25 Tommy 3. #3 Wa Houng intervened and on lap 18, he fell off the lap charts. Will Schrader was Arruda McCarthy SSM then burdened with hauling the First Place trophy home and with 1. #49 Rob Fuller protecting the record of the Oregon Posse. Which he accomplished 2. #16 Ross Lindell without even missing a shift. Weaver worked really hard to finish 3. #97 Gregory Hoff
This was the San Francisco Regions final appearance at WeatherTech especially want to thank the volunteer staff for insuring all the protocols Raceway at Laguna Seca. 2020 has been a very challenging year for were adhered to. The last race of the year will be October 23-25 at everybody. I thank everybody who attended these races this year Thunderhill Raceway. It should be a fantastic weekend, with a triple because it made a miserable year a lot less miserable. I also thank header race format, double points, and another chance to tame the 5 the staff at WeatherTech Raceway for working with the San Francisco mile track. It will be a lot of fun and I hope to see everyone there! Region and making it so we had a chance to play with our cars. I
20 | SFRSCCA.ORG | SEPTEMBER 2020 2020 Election Board of Directors
The 2020 Board of Directors election will be October 19 to for two-year terms in even numbered years, and three members are November 10. elected in odd-numbered years. To be eligible for Regional Executive, you must be or have been a member of the Board of Directors. Only Candidate statements appear in this issue of The Wheel and also on SFR members may hold elected offices. the web page www.sfrscca.org. The election process will be through online voting on The Region Board of Directors consists of the Regional Executive and MotorsportReg.com. six Directors. Three members of the Board of Directors are elected
Blake Tatum Bill Booth Charlie Davis Tim Sullivan
David Vodden Sherry Grantz Joe Kirby Seth Reid
Candidate Statement BLAKE TATUM The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly My recent stint on the Board I would have to call ugly. Ugly because we have a lot of challenges and there are no easy fixes. The market I am asking for your vote in the upcoming has changed and we have not responded. We face stiff competition Board of Directors elections. Why should you from other racing organizations and even from track day groups. Your vote for me? The answer is simple, I have been volunteer work force is depleted to the point of exhaustion. In short there there and done that. are a lot of tough decisions that need to be made. I started on the Board of Directors when the I know from my past experience that in order to make change you have club was going through a bad time. Money was to know where you came from and why the change is needed. I also know tight and we were close to being broke. I saw that in order to make that change you have to have a vision and be ready how the Board was able to increase per event to suffer through the growing pains of that vision. revenue and turn a dire situation into a position of solvency. I learned how financial planning was essential to the operation of the club and saw that With good planning, creative ideas, and some self-evaluation we can get things like a budget and a game plan are keys to making sure the club is back to good. around for years to come. Let me put this in racing terms: if your car has a mysterious misfire are I was on the Board during good times. I was around when the club was you going to entrust the fix to an apprentice mechanic or would you go experiencing times of unprecedented growth. Regional championships with the journeyman that has been around the block a few times? were meaningful and every run group enjoyed strong fields. Competition The answer is simple, this is a problem for a journeyman, please vote for from other racing organizations was not a concern. The volunteer work Blake Tatum. force was strong and we enjoyed pro support at both Sonoma and Laguna Seca.
SEPTEMBER 2020 | SFRSCCA.ORG | 21 Candidate Statement BILL BOOTH Over the past 4 months, I’ve had the special to wrench on my car when things don’t go as planned. opportunity to join the Board, filling in for a 2. Management perspective. With over 3000 members, operating vacated spot. And what impressed me most multiple events at multiple venues, it’s important to have those who was the massive amount of effort it takes, all by have the experience and know how to organize and support a large volunteer staff, to put on a race weekend and organization. the race season. It’s truly impressive. Which led me to ask… • With over 30 years experience in companies from start-up to Fortune 100, I know how to form direction, align a team, and execute. What distinguishes the SCCA and our Region as a top-flight auto racing organization? Why 3. Growth perspective. An organization grows & evolves over time. do we choose to spend our time with the club? I’m told our organization has lost 50% of its members over the last 10 Most would point to the close, high quality racing. Others to the safety years. Now more than ever, while respecting our legacy, we need to record. Some to the impressive organization, all by top quality volunteers, bring in more drivers, more volunteers, more partners, and try out new that goes into each event. And many to the camaraderie we all share. I’d approaches to continue to create an interesting & exciting experience for list them all, as I’m sure you would as well. members old & new. But today we see a number of challenges to this vision –increased costs, • An engineer at heart, I’ve spent most of my time in business decreased participation at both the racer & volunteer levels, increased development, marketing, & sales roles at the companies I’ve helped health & safety precautions, a need to respect & balance legacy activities grow. I’d like to the opportunity to bring this experience to bear for our and yet bring in new approaches, and more. All represent “clear and organization. present” challenges to our organization. While some of these are So, what’s in this for you, you ask? I’d like to close with a thought I wrote beyond our control, we can control one thing – ensuring each and every after my first win at Sonoma Raceway 10 years ago… Yes, our sport is participant gets full value from their participation. about machinery, about athletics, about mental strength. But more than What are the qualities that we should look for in choosing today’s anything it’s about people. Think about a typical race weekend – how leadership to ensure each participant - driver, volunteer, partner - gets the many people are involved? How many hours of conversation, trading value they look for? I’d submit there are 3 primary factors: stories, tips, beer? How many life-long friendships developed beyond the track? At the end of the day, it’s about the great people we choose 1. Participant perspective. In an organization with so many moving parts, to spend our time with, to entrust our safety with, to strive to improve It’s critical to bring to bear perspective from Drivers, Volunteers, and ourselves with, on these race weekends and beyond. And I’m honored to Administrative staff to come to the right decisions for the group. have the opportunity to be among you, for the years past and hopefully • Our Board today is light on Drivers. With over 25 years as an SCCA for many in the future. member, racing in our Region and across the country, I can bring this Will you join me in helping take our club to the next level? perspective - adding to the insight from the other respected Board members – to maintain top level competition, while knowing what it’s like
Candidate Statement CHARLIE DAVIS I have served on SCCA's National Board of club with member staffed committees and boards, and at the same Directors, representing Area 9, since late 2016. time a business with a paid staff that implements our programs with I joined SCCA in 1978 as an autocrosser , Pro club members as shareholders. I'm very proud to have been a part of Rally organizing committee member and road our search to find a President and CEO several years ago and I am very race tech inspector. Since then, I have served glad that we found Mike Cobb to serve in that capacity. When you find on numerous advisory committees, the Solo someone capable of wearing all the hats that the President of this club Events Board, and spent over 20 years as a San wears, the Board of Directors has to know when to step back and let that Francisco Region Solo Steering Committee person run the show, and have the confidence that he will do it well. We member, chairing that committee five times. I have that confidence in Mike. have also been a roadrace communicator and The person who you choose represent San Francisco and Reno Regions club ambassador. needs to be a team player who values all of our programs equally and the While serving on the Board of Directors, I have been liaison to the Club hard work, dedication and contributions of all the members. I believe that Racing Board and more recently to the Solo Events Board and Time Trial I am that person and I serve the club without conflict of interest. I also Board. Our current Board of Directors has made a lot of progress toward believe in continuity, and feel that when an incumbent is representing the getting a handle on the financial situation of the club and specifically the members well, he or she should continue into their second and final term Pro Racing portion of the club. I can't take any personal credit for this to that end. progress, as the 13 member Board is truly a collaborative effort along with Thank you for allowing me to serve our club. the Executive Team in Topeka. Despite the bizarre circumstances of 2020, Charlie Davis we are strong, lean and poised for an even brighter future. SCCA Area 9 Director 2016-2020 Our club structure is a very complicated business model. We are a
22 | SFRSCCA.ORG | SEPTEMBER 2020 Candidate Statement TIM SULLIVAN This has been a real interesting year to be supplying key reports for the BOD. Blythe did a fine job on this for years, the RE for the San Francisco Region. To say it but Krista is a blank slate ready for the challenge of bringing our books has been “challenging” is an understatement. and records into the 21st century. (Krista will be at our October race. We started the year on a great note. Our Track her down to say hello) schedule looked great. We had a new multi- As I said in the beginning, this has been a year of change. We have had year agreement inked with Monterey County ups and downs this year, but the net result is we are in better shape than for Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca. We had we were at the beginning of the year. We are poised to have a great 2021 two decent dates at Sonoma Raceway, as well in terms of Club racing. as our normal dates at Thunderhill. It was not long after Driving School that our world was A lot of you know that we also own Thunderhill Raceway Park. It is our rocked by this pandemic. We were able to hold our March event but by largest asset, and one that not many, if any, Regions can claim. It is owned March 15, our world was in a lockdown and we were shut down. We were outright by the members of the San Francisco Region. As such, the able to get through this, but only because of our passion for the sport Properties Board of Thunderhill is voted on by the membership, through and willingness to come together and support change. Change is not the vote of the Regional Executive. This year we had some changes on always fun, and it was not fun for a while. Thanks to everyone for pitching that Board. This included my voting for Mike Smith as the new Chairman in and making sure we got through this. of the Properties Board. Mike brings years of business and racing experience to this position. In addition, Joe Briggs, Jim Devenport, Jeff Speaking of change, the pandemic was not the only change we had Lederman, Brian Ghidinelli, Steve Archer, and RJ Gordy were also voted to deal with. Behind the scenes, we also made changes at the office. in. I personally, was glad to have voted (on behalf of the membership Our Office Manager position had been in flux, but we brought in a of SFR) for these folks onto the Thunderhill Properties Board. Both the diamond by hiring Trish James. We made a change on this as well, as Region and the track are positioned to grow and thrive for the next few she is an employee of the Region, as opposed to the old system where decades and beyond. we had temp workers, or workers not directly hired by the office. During this period, we also had to update our computer systems as well a lot I am running for RE this year to insure we continue moving forward and of processes performed in our Regional Office. This was not an easy improving what we can. When asking why we do things, I often hear “that process to accomplish. Trish had her hands full and had to learn a lot in a is how we always do it”. That is not a good answer. What we really need short time. I also learned a lot in a short time. I, and our current BOD had to look at is how we can improve upon things. I, alone, can’t do this. What many decisions to make in order to make sure the Club moved forward, I can do is get ideas and solutions from the Board and SFR members. and not backwards. If we are to insure SFR remains a viable and vibrant That is how we have worked this year. It is much better to have a wide Club, we need to make sure we are set up for the future, and not mired in range of ideas and input in order to make decisions that are beneficial to the past. We are on that path now. It has taken a bit of time, but we have a the Club. I believe we are on that path. I also believe we are much more solid office staff, led by Trish James and our newest employee, Amanda. communicative and open than in the past. While not perfect, it has been Amanda has been working in tech as well, during our races, and though my goal to be open and honest with membership regarding finances, she is part time, she has stepped up to the plate and is yet another gem. operations and all issues related to the club. That is the only way to do it. The Club needs to know where we are going, the reasons we do things, We also had a turnover with our financial side. Our longtime and be able to share their ideas with the Board and the RE. bookkeeper, Blythe Bonds, decided to retire this year. After a long search, we found another person for the position. Krista Hooper was I want to continue with this goal in 2021. I ask for your vote for another hired and is doing well. She is extremely excited to be in the position and term. Together we can improve and ensure the Club thrives for years to has a resume a mile long. After updating things for 2020, she will also be come! implementing the changes to our QuickBook system insuring we are on track. Her responsibilities include accounts payable/receivable, as well as
SEPTEMBER 2020 | SFRSCCA.ORG | 23 The Lotus Super 7 of Brian Linn minus the bonnet. Photo by John Taylor
Candidate Statement DAVID VODDEN Area 9 = Reno and San Francisco Regions. 8. Exposure, understanding and good relations with road tracks and VOTING: All SCCA Members in these areas @ managers on the west coast and across the nation. Same for west October 1st are eligible to vote and will receive coast SCCA regions. an electronic opportunity to do so. 9. Past Regional Manager, event promoter, journalist, car owner and VOTING is done via my.scca.com. between current driver in the SF Region. Many race wins and titles along the October 15 and November 15. Be on the way. lookout! Or initiate! Your vote for me will get you the best possible 10. Chief Executive Officer of Thunderhill Park since 1990. resources to do what you need done to insure a 11. Actively engaged as attendee at the National Conventions and quality, full spectrum SCCA experience for you supporter of our National Directors including Roger Eandi, Dr. Gary and all current and future members. Here is why. Pitts and others. 1. Unparalleled experience in motorsports across a broad spectrum of 12. Participated in the development of Reno Fernley Raceway as advisor/ the industry including but not limited to thirty three years on the job, helper in the beginning and with others seeking to re-open the track every day for the SCCA! in recent years. 2. Vast knowledge of the business of the Club, the industry and 13. Participated in the successful deployment of Sacramento Solo to the many components that have to line up to optimize the club action at Thunderhill Park in 2019. experience for the majority of members. 14. Worked hard to get Rally Cross up and running in the Region and 3. In depth experience in the motorsports insurance industry and the have a National Rally Cross event planned for 2021. key people within, who manage all components that effect the Club starting with Participant Legal Liability, General Liability and Medical The candidate you want to vote for is the one that can bring you the Reimbursement. most value for your time, effort, energy and money spent having fun with cars the SCCA way. 4. Long-time experience in track development and management including knowing what a track needs to be successful with and for Not the most popular, not the best looking, nor even the nicest. You the Clubs and the members. need the best person for the job who has a proven track record of getting things done. Think Thunderhill. 5. Long-time exposure to the evolution and operation of other track club organizations that share the market place with the SCCA. Knowing Your vote for me will get all of the above working for you to solve how others do what we do is invaluable. problems and build a better, more relevant and enjoyable SCCA experience for you and your family of SCCA. 6. Financial knowledge of all aspects of motorsports – Club administration, promotion and sponsorships, team development and Thank you in advance for your vote. accounting reports. David Vodden President & CEO - Thunderhill Raceway 7. Aware of the legal requirements and historical uniqueness of a 501 Phone: 530-934-5588 ext. 101 C-4 corporation such as the Club that was incorporated on April 15, 1953.
Candidate Statement SHERRY GRANTZ Most of you know me or have talked with keep the Club running in this era of little income, finances will need me on the phone over the past two decades. I rigorous attention and strict budgeting. retired from the SFR Region Manager position If I am elected to the Region Board, improving this situation will be my last year, having started that job in 2002. main focus. And like I mentioned, I’ve got plenty of time to focus on it. Retirement has advantages – I don’t have On the Solo side, I believe completely in letting the Solo Chapters – to get up early and go to the Office; and Bay Area, Sacramento and Fresno – operate with complete autonomy in disadvantages – it’s really boring since I can’t managing their operations and finances. leave the house or see friends. With all this idle time, I really need something to do. Hence my To round things out, here’s some of my resume: running for the SFR Region Board. But it’s not all • I started with SFR in 1990 as an autocrosser and wound up Solo Chief about what I need. in the late 90’s. Working for SFR gave me comprehensive knowledge of the racing • I spent my work week at Thunderhill for 18 years and always enjoyed and business sides of the Club. I processed thousands of race entries, seeing race cars arrive at the track. provided the best customer service I could, managed elections, handled • I’ve worked in Timing & Scoring for road racing since around 2006 finances, kept the web page up to date, etc. But really, my job was solving and love being part of that hard-working team. problems. I want to use that ability to help the Board solve the problems that arise in the Club’s future. • I processed your race entries in the Office for years and still can associate most of you with your cars and car numbers. If I am elected my main goal will be to revive the financial management system that was in place through 2018. As Region Manager I handled all • I am dedicated to helping the Club continue to provide the best the financial accounts for the Club, providing Profit & Loss statements racing experiences for everyone. (P&L) to the Board each month and compiling a Region budget for over I think I’ve made a case for you to vote for me in October, thereby ten years. Most of these things have fallen by the wayside recently. To helping us all to stay on track.
24 | SFRSCCA.ORG | SEPTEMBER 2020 Candidate Statement JOE KIRBY Hello everyone, train, retain and enjoy our weekends together. I would love to speak more with our drivers, and I would greatly appreciate it if you share any insight My name is Joseph Kirby. I am currently a or concerns you may have. Co-Chief of Emergency Services and this year I am running for a seat on the Board of Directors I will admit that I have a limited understanding of our Solo program. for our region! All my SCCA experience, so far, But what I do know is that we share a passion for cars, skill, and speed! has been as a volunteer. Sometimes it feels like we are distant cousins but it is my hope that more of our Solo brothers and sisters would enjoy the opportunity to see some As a board member, one of my goals is to world class racing. As we work to recruit volunteers, and as we create a further advocate for our volunteers. I will work to training program, my goal is to also bring some training to you. Some of ensure that each of our crews have current and our volunteers would have the opportunity to see a different side of our updated equipment to make each event as safe and efficient as possible. club and hopefully participate in Solo events. And for our Solo members, I will look into new ways for promoting the club to entice new volunteers I know that you guys have been trying to find a site that is local and and work on retaining those volunteers! I would also like to work with the permanent. I would like to assist in making that a reality.. It would create specialty chiefs to explore new training opportunities, possibly creating the opportunity where we can all enjoy more of what our club has to offer. an in house educational group or look for outside training opportunities. As we look to the future I would also like to remind everyone that this is Over the last two years, I have been working with a company to gain a social sport. Our love of racing is made better because of who we share sponsorship for our emergency crew. This company has provided us with it with. In our current environment (COVID), it is difficult to embrace that some essential personal protective equipment. A goal of mine is to find very important side of our community. But as we move forward, I also additional sponsorship opportunities so that more of our crews would hope to remind all of our members about the enjoyment we gain from benefit. I also plan on attending Motorsport conventions and car shows each other. to create a network of people that we can draw innovative new ideas for track safety, as well as provide potential new members with access to our As your San Francisco Region Board member, I can ensure you that I am Solo, Road Racing, and Volunteer programs. committed to all of our members. I realize I have ambitious goals. But the family that is our club, has welcomed me in, and I only hope to give back, Now to all the racers, as a volunteer, I understand that we cannot enjoy and continue to grow all of our programs and our club so we all have an our passion for motorsports without you! Maximum track time and safety incredible future together! are goals we all share. With your support, we can work together to recruit,
Candidate Statement SETH REID Hi everyone! I am writing to ask for your continuing to run the club, but to make it a place people want to be. support in running for a seat on the Board of Some of these challenges have been around for many years and some are Directors for the San Francisco Region of the brand new. Even just coming out to a parking lot and driving cars around SCCA. I’ve been with the SFR Region since I cones has new challenges this year. moved to the Bay Area in 2008. In my twelve As a current and hopefully future board member, I’m trying to solve years with the club, I’ve been able to autocross some of the problems that we have. Dwindling volunteer numbers and attend Driver’s School which enabled me increases the number of tasks to complete, causing higher burnout to race at Laguna Seca. I have worked on the among current workers. When workers stop having fun because they are Emergency Crew for eleven years, and I’ve been burnt out, they stop coming out, and this further decreases the number of a Chief of the Emergency Crew. I am currently workers. I don’t like using the word “work” when it comes to volunteering in my second year on the Board of Directors. That seems like a lot when at races because it should be enjoyable. People come out because they I type it out, but there are so many more things I’d like to learn and do in love cars, competition, and being with their fellow volunteers and/or the SCCA. racers. Mostly, many of our members come to events because racing What do I hope to accomplish if I am elected for another two years? is something they love and they want to share that love with our other I want to work to improve the involvement in our racing family. My first members. daughter is three, and by the time this gets printed I will hopefully be One of the biggest things I am striving for is to improve communications holding my second daughter. Family has been foremost in my mind the between the Board of Directors and the club. I know not getting answers past few years. Not only my immediate family, but the wonderful race to questions or getting the information needed to run the club can be family that I have become a part of in my time with the SCCA. I want my very frustrating. Sometimes we don’t have the answers, but hearing racing family to continue to have an enjoyable experience, whether that nothing is the worst thing. I want to make sure that everyone who asks a be it at an autocross or a road race; or driving or volunteering. I would like question to the Board gets some kind of answer so that they know they to strengthen the bonds between those that are already here as well as are heard. Group emails are great, but I think personal communication bring in new peopleto our family. is the most important aspect to having more open and forward moving Our club is evolving. People are leaving to do other things. Every form communication. Just a phone call to talk to someone about an issue of racing has gotten more expensive with the costs of fuel, entry fees, can go a long way to understanding the problem and finding a solution and the cars themselves. This year alone our world has changed in a that will benefit everyone involved. No problem is unsolvable if we number of ways. We have a lot of challenges ahead of us not only in just communicate and put our heads together.
SEPTEMBER 2020 | SFRSCCA.ORG | 25 NOTES from the ARCHIVE - Byron Snow’s XK-140
involved in racing Formula Juniors. He was always experimenting with different modifications on his engines.” Bob Korst, a racing friend, remembered visiting Snow’s home, “there was an engine block in the living room and one in the bathtub. He did all his own engine work, some were grenades and some were very strong.” Snow parked the Jag and campaigned the BMC and later, a rear-engine Formula Junior at races up and down the West Coast into the 1960‘s.
Even though the Jag had become Snow’s daily driver, it was not completely finished racing. In November of 1961, Snow and a co-driver raced the Jag in an enduro at Cotati and finished fourth, taking home a trophy. Then the following year, he decided to take the car to Fremont Drag Strip. The car completed four runs down the quarter-mile with a best time of 13.81 seconds and a top speed Snow at Stockton races in 1957 in Jag of 99.11 mph which resulted in Snow receiving a large trophy Byron Snow might be a familiar name you as an SFR driver from for recording the fastest time in his class. This was to be the last the1950s into the early 1960s and also a moving force behind the competition for the car and it was also replaced as his daily driver by formation of the Formula Racing Association. Snow began his racing a newly purchased International pickup truck. The Jag was retired to in a Jaguar XK-140 he purchased new in 1956 from the British Motors Snow’s front yard. Dealer in San Jose. Snow was an attorney by trade but his real love was tinkering with anything mechanical and after receiving the car, he Eventually the Jaguar was moved to his garage where it would immediately set out to upgrade its performance with the intention of remain for the next thirty-six years until Snow decided it was time to going road racing. He turned the car over to Larry Taylor, a mechanic bring it back to life and perhaps restore it. He set about removing the he knew who had formerly worked for British Motors in San Jose. Taylor bored the cylinders out .030” to accept higher compression pistons (11 to 1); a hotter Isky “D Type” cams replaced the stock items and a factory racing cylinder head was installed. A full-width roll bar was fabricated and installed with a single rear brace that arched over the “boot” and attached to the rear bumper bracket. This brace was later replaced by two, nearly vertical pipes that entered the trunk through two holes cut in the rear deck, not the most esthetic but certainly functional. This was now a suitable car in which to go road racing.
In the 1950’s, sports car road racing was growing by leaps and bounds. However, since the sport was still in its infancy, racing was confined to temporary circuits such as decommissioned World War Snow slides through a turn on way to a 2nd at Cotati 1957 Two airfields, closed-courses through city streets and runways or service roads of municipal airports. In Northern California, these years of dust, servicing the engine and eventually was able to drive types of circuits had names like Cotati, Sacramento, Stockton, Arcata, the car. Unfortunately he realized the cost to restore the car properly Santa Clara Fairgrounds, and perhaps the best known of all the early was more than he could afford so the decision was made to sell it. To courses, Pebble Beach. It was within this environment that Snow took improve the appearance prior to sale, Snow painted the car’s interior his “hotted up” XK-140 racing. with a dark shade of green house paint applied with a brush which Snow entered the Jag at a few races in 1957 and despite placing was not exactly a match for the Jag’s unique factory teal green color. second in class at Cotati, he was not completely satisfied with its Feeling the car was now presentable, Snow contacted a car broker performance. He raced the car a few more times but felt the need for and a short time later, with several parties interested in the car, it was a pure, purpose built race car. He found what he was looking for in the sold, sight unseen, to Farnum Alston. A local businessman and “car form of a BMC Formula Junior which he purchased from Joe Huffaker. guy”, Alston was interested in a sports car for possible vintage racing, Snow’s wife, Laura recalled, “after he raced the Jaguar, he became car shows and road rallies. The Restoration Begins
Once the XK-140 sale was complete, the car was transported to a Jaguars specialist hop for restoration in January of 1999. Upon inspection, the car was in remarkably good condition considering it had been dormant for thirty-six years. It had never been wrecked and had a minimal amount of rust in the trunk. After seeing the car for Stockton 1957 - Snow at the start (arrow) the first time, Alston decided on a complete Trophies - years apart
26 | SFRSCCA.ORG | SEPTEMBER 2020 By Gary Horstkorta
car now complete, Byron Snow to visit the shop and see the completed XK. Snow accepted the invitation and made the trip to see the not-yet-completed car. Unfortunately, Snow passed away three years later without seeing the final result.
Project Completed Not a Moment Too Soon
One of Alston’s objectives was to have the car ready Restored XK on left, the before on the right for the upcoming 2001 California Mille Rally As the frame-up restoration. Work began in March 1999 and one of the first April date for the rally drew closer, the finishing touches areas addressed concerned the car’s teal green color, was it an original were put on the car and it was finally ready for a shake-down road test. factory color. While disassembling the car piece by piece, several The finished car was driven twenty miles up and down the freeway areas of the cockpit and under the tail lights, showed that it indeed near the restoration shop then turned over to the Alston’s just in time was the original color. In researching Jaguar reference material, there to enter the California Mille. The car attracted quite a bit of attention were two possible color matches, pastel green or pastel blue, but and throughout the event it ran very well. Alston was pleased with how without a copy of the Jaguar factory build sheet, he couldn’t be certain well the car handled including the “twisty bits” where they were easily which one was correct. able to keep pace with smaller, more nimble cars.
With the car completely disassembled, the body panels and frame After the California Mille, Alston kept the car busy, entering organized were sent out for media blasting. The engine and transmission were rallies and concours. Adding to the trophies won by Byron Snow steam cleaned and disassembled the original engine modifications almost forty years prior, Alston have acquired awards at several for Snow were revealed After consulting with Alston and confirming prestigious concours including Palo Alto (Most Interesting British Car); that vintage racing was one of the car’s intended purposes, the shop two first place awards at Silverado and a second at Hillsborough. He installed new racing type pistons and “D-type” camshafts made to entered the Jaguar in the Colorado Grand Rally and the inaugural go along with the refurbished “C-type” cylinder head and larger Going to The Sun Rally in Montana which he helped organize. With his carburetors. Once the engine was complete, it was transported to the involvement in the latter, the XK-140 is kept in Montana where it sits shop of Joe Huffaker Jr. at Sears Point Raceway for dyno tuning. The alongside their other classic: a pristine, one-owner, Jaguar MkII sedan. engine was hooked up to the dyno and several “break-in” runs were This two owner car has lead an interesting life, first as a race car in made at lower rpms followed by several more runs to determine peak SFR events, then as a daily driver and engaged in cars shows and horsepower and torque. After an hour’s worth of dyno time, the final rallies with its second owner. Old cars never die they just find new numbers were quite impressive: 205.5 hp at 5500 rpm and 212.3 ft. owners and new roads to travel. lbs. of torque at 4500 rpm.
After the dyne procedure, the engine was married with a five-speed transmission to enhance drive ability for both road racing and rallies. The original fuel tank was saved, refurbished and a racing fuel cell was inserted inside and a new, smaller roll bar was fabricated and installed for safety. As could be expected, the original interior, top and side curtains were in pretty sad shape so they were subbed to an outside upholstery shop. The cheap plastic seats in the car at the time of purchase were replaced by replicas of factory racing seats.
The body was repainted with a color that closely matched its original teal blue then was reinstalled onto the restored chassis the The restored XK 140 (L) with other Jags on the California Mille
SEPTEMBER 2020 | SFRSCCA.ORG | 27 THUNDERHILL REPORT BY DAVID VODDEN As if COVID was not enough we have now experienced cancelled Sanjay Singh, our Rally Cross organizer today, harbors no such days due to ash and dirty air. What is next? The recent fires everywhere illusions. He knows, as I think everyone who has been involved in have filled the skies with smoke and ash and left us feeling like recreational motorsports must know, that job #1 is always to make Paradise all over again. You may recall that when the Paradise fire sure that the venue survives. Without the place to play the details that occurred the skies over the track were black with streaks of yellow absorb so much of the time of organizers and leaders, is moot. There and other ominous colors. Big photos of this reality are on the walls are so many examples of this reality, most after the fact, that only those in the Club house for all to see. The Paradise fire was devastating who do not care about the future of what they are doing, be it road and personal in many ways. We knew people whose homes and racing, drag racing, autocross, or circle track fun, can ignore. belongings were gone. We saw the devastation and we heard the Consider the list of fun with cars venues that have closed. Make stories of panicked residents escaping down the Skyway from Paradise your own list now. Then remember or ask what those who took to safety in Chico. these places for granted could have done to continue their racing The recent fires are more remote in their destruction while being or recreating activity at these lost venues. When a track closes it is a more impactful due to their number and the prevailing breezes that massive hit for participants. It always results in the diminishing or loss deliver their residue to everywhere. It is strange to get a call from of the stuff one loves to do with their motorized toys. I will end this someone in San Francisco asking if we are running events given that by telling all the new people reading here that this is why Thunderhill they are knee deep in ash and the skies over the City are black. Go Park was built – to insure the long-term existence of a venue/track/ figure. We heard from people in San Jose, Stockton and many other place to play, for all SCCA [and others] in the decades ahead. It places that were personally experiencing the smoke and ash and even was never intended that Thunderhill would be a funding source for worse. anything but its growth and survival while other FANTASY JUNCTION As of the end of July the impact of COVID on the track has income venues for same cease down 30%, retail sales down 38% and services income down 46%. to exist. They will. History Net income for the first seven months of the year is down 75% and proves this statement to so it goes. Add the effects of the fires and the dirty air and it just gets be true over and over worse. Darn! When we recorded a whopping $3,000 in total income again. We all need to for April it was clear that the year was going to be bad. We said we be kind to our future would try to breakeven. As of July 31st,we were up a few thousand and support that which dollars over that goal but August was bad and so too September. AC ’55 Aceca Ferrari ’58 250 GT Ellena enables us to experience Alfa Romeo ’65 TZ Ferrari ’62 250GTE 2+2 Going forward, I still hope the track breaks even by year end due, Series II the unique and strangely Aston Martin ’67 DB6 Mk.I in part, to the banner month of October. You may recall that the “25 valuable rewards of Volante Ferrari ’76 308 GTB Hours of Thunderhill”, held annually on the first weekend in December, Aston Martin ’87 V8 Vantage Jaguar ’65 E-Type Series 1 motorsports. That would Zagato 4.2 Roadster has been postponed? In addition, we continue to experience be Thunderhill Park [and Ferrari '59 250 GT Lola ’69 T70 MK3B cancellations mostly by Clubs who have significant revenue Continuation any other venue that Ferrari ’69 365 GTC Lola ’67 T70 Mk. III Spyder generating weekend events. Our track rental metric is down to 450 exists today]. Lagonda ’30 V12 Rapide days booked. We had 458 last week. Scheduling is a volatile process Drophead Lotus ’60 “Monte Carlo” The SCCA season 2.5L Climax which is why doing the usual and customary Thunderhill business is Lamborghini ’76 Countach finale looms on the LP400 Periscopica Lotus ’63 23B harder now than ever. We have 245 skid pad rental days on the books. horizon for October Lamborghini ’82 Countach Maserati ’49 A6 1500 LP400S Low Body Coupe Clearly the conditions caused by the fires are hard on the team. 22 – 25. I strongly Lamborghini ’67 400GT Maserati ’58 450S Dirty air wears on you and makes you cough at night when you get Recreation recommend that you Lamborghini ’69 Miura home. Wearing masks for COVID has become the norm but the smoke all be there. Bring your P400 S Maserati ’59 3500 GT Coupe and ash require a higher level of filtration so we have loaded up on Lancia ’52 Aurelia B52 Maserati ’74 Bora race cars and race and Vignale Coupe K-19 masks. I hope by the time you are reading this that most, if not all, Maserati ’71 Ghibli socialize and enjoy that Lotus ‘66 Cortina Race/ Porsche ’56 356A Speedster of the fires are out or insignificant. I also thought that the COVID virus which makes this all Rally/Street Porsche ’60 356B Cabriolet would taper off and go the way such things do, especially with the good for you. Do not Mercedes-Benz ’69 300SEL 6.3 Porsche ’94 964 Speedster massive efforts to fight the virus and its spread. Wrong! miss this race weekend. Mercedes-Benz ’71 280 SE Porsche ’62 356B Coupe 3.5 Cabriolet Good news has us involved in some media shoots for the Do not pass it up. Who Porsche ’69 911S Targa Mercedes-Benz ’57 300SL knows, the way things Sadler-Meyer ’59 Special introduction of new vehicles and the re-start of Rally Cross on the Roadster are gong this may be Vauxhall ’24 14/98 Sports dirt out front. Rally Cross is big in Sports Car magazine. It is obvious Bugatti ’39 Type 57 Stelvio Special that the Big SCCA wants to nurture and grow a new form of “fun with your last chance to Bugatti ’28 Type 35B Veritas ’47 BMW Rennspo cars.” Our first attempts at Rally Cross years ago was hampered by experience the thrill of Recreation unrealistic expectations by the then organizers. Somehow, they felt racing on a great race that the track should just let them run and charge little or nothing for track, built by racers for doing so. racers and the future of FANTASY JUNCTION the sport for all those BRUCE TRENERY We have seen some of this attitude in other segments of the sport that will follow us across 1145 Park Avenue Emeryville, CA 94608 where organizers have been used to cheaper venues and little or no the starting line. Phone (510) 653-7555 Fax (510) 653-9754 stake in growing the facilities. Our attempts at MotoCross suffered www.fantasyjunction.com from this approach.
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Classified Advertising in The Wheel is a ser- vice provided to the membership by the SF FENDERED RACE CARS Region. Ads are free for members. Ad should be 75 words maximum and may include a photo. Ads will run for three months, after which time they shall be removed. They may be resubmitted. Submit your ad by email to editor, Blake Tatum: [email protected] 1989 SWIFT DB -4 Winning Group 2/ FA car or Vintage SVRA • New Dyno time onlHasselgren Toyota • Totally race ready • ROAD COURSE VICTORY CIRCLE STOCK- 2015 Formula Speed 2.0. Easy to drive, easy Professionally maintained by Auto Spa • Last CAR: ·GM 604 Crate Engine W/Dyno Sheets OPEN WHEEL AND SPORTS RACERS to maintain. raced at 2018 Sonoma Runoffs. 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